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Green
Monkeys of Louisiana is a group of young professionals and business owners that come together to perform
community service, promote green awareness and educate the public about environmental concerns. It is our
mission to better Louisiana through project involvement, being leaders and teachers to the public and actively demonstrating
awareness and respect for our precious environment. Our members, through their lives and their careers, are passionate about
protecting and preserving the land that has fostered our cajun culture and history. We are blessed to have the Privilege of living in south louisiana and we work to
ensure that future generations are able to appreciate and enjoy what we know as home, LOUISIANA! Green Monkeys Foundation Community Center Involvement Projects. Lemonaid
Stand/ Hot CoCo Stands = Operating on Sundays for the kids in the neighborhood upon request. Teaches Kids healthy ways to
earn money. Opened on side of building selling lemonade for 25 cents a cup to neighbors and friends. Freetown Games =
games and activities for all ages offer an opportunity for outdoor recreation which provides an easy and relaxed
environment to meet neighbors and people throughout the community.
Trash Pickups = weekly event held at
parks/playgrounds, intersections and places of public gathering. Environmental awareness and the benefits of beautification
in your neighborhood help to promote pride and activism. River Cleanups = Road Cleanups = Volunteer Skills
Training = Bringing neighbors together to teach, learn and share skills that will improve the lives of all those in the neighborhood.
= Bringing neighbors together to teach, learn and share skills that will improve the lives of all those in the neighborhood.
Carpentry = Building projects like decks, molding, small furniture and small structures. Car Repair
= Basic maintenance skills thought such as tune-ups, oil changes, and minor parts replacement. Gardening = Physical
planting and training of maintenance of fruits, vegetables and flowers. Cooking = Culinary training of cooking, baking,
and making consumable items from scratch. Business Books = General knowledge of personal financial management. ( Checkbooks,
taxes, ect) Starting your own Business = Taking life skills and Appling in the real world. Steps necessary in order
to begin any basic business and assistance in marketing and promotion in order to increase success rates of business. Mr. Pastors Convenience Store and Giving Back John's quick stop
- Housing the Green Monkeys = Bulletin Board of Volunteer Members and Community Calendar. = Bulletin Board of Volunteer
Members and Community Calendar = is designed to offer the public easy access to vollunteer events in their neighborhood with
the environment in mind. Counseling and Mentoring = Brochure Racks provided with government
assistance programs that promote solving of problems in the neighborhood. Information boards of the current councilmen and
representatives members. Assistance in solving issues that may be of concern (ex: branches in street = calling proper agency
to come pick them up, ect) = Brochure Racks that promote solving of problems in the neighborhood. +Seed collection
and proprogation of fruits, flower, native trees and shrubs to palnt around the community in an effort to better
the quality of life of the residents +Community/ School gardens ( teaching kids with hands on programs that help
them connect with nature in thier area.
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Part of the reason Lafeyette is such a great place is the people and the culture.
Rich in all aspects of heritage from the food to the music, there is a magic in the air in louisiana. The Green Monkeys
Foundation hopes to capture this wonderfull way of life and foster in a new sense of pride for the preservation
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History
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Lafeyette, La
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Green Monkeys are in Lafayette and making a big difference
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Our Goal is to perform one service project and one fun project a month. Simple is Easy.
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be apart of planting native trees in and around your community. Get free trees....can't
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4-21-10 Green Monkeys Louisiana have been rolling this year!! Thanks
to our new crew, Jason Boudin and Courtney Jagneaux. January was our spring fling. We set out and for two hours on
an amazing day, played Frisbee and picked up trash. Awesome!! February was our Mardi Gras 2nd Line. We followed
the Kings Parade with signs like “ monkey see Monkey DO” and “you CAN do it”. We collected cans from
the crowds and reinforced the ideals that you can have fun and do good for the world at the same time. We recycled the cans
and donated the proceeds to Earth Share Gardens. 23 dollars isn’t much but it can do a lot when you put it to good use. March
was a huge success with an amazing turnout for our annual canoe trip. We set out at 1ish and paddled down to bayou tortue.
From there we discovered that behind the airport, the wind from such an open area blew huge amounts of trash down to the southern
wilderness areas. We pulled in and claimed a bank then got to work. We collected about 4 canoes FULL of trash from our one
trip. Great Job TEAM!! We also participated in the annual bowl for kids sake. We were able to have two teams show up raising
a whopping 400 dollars for the big brothers and big sisters program. Yet another great fun day and what a way to show the
world how to have fun and help at the same time!! April is a special month for south Louisiana. It is the host of one
of the largest free festivals in the world. Festivals International. We managed to secure a booth on the festival grounds
downtown! We will be putting up our tent and having a recycling booth . We will also be doing trash pickups at dusk and showing
the town and the world who the green monkeys are!! UPCOMING
EVENTS!! MAY 18TH TREE GIVEAWAY MAY 23RD WHISKEY RIVER DANCE JUNE 20TH
SCAVENGAR HUNT JUNE EVENT..( NOT YET DECIDED) JULY 11TH CRAWFISH BOIL JULY 18TH RUTHERFORD
BEACH TREE PLANTING TRIP |
Bring plastic or paper grocery bag for collecting trash while you play. Make it fun and
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5-10- 09 Friday, June 12, 2009  | JuneJuly Evnts Events this month June 28th NEW Orleans Scavengar huntexcursion. Leave at noon. Park uptown.
Take Trolley Downtown. Picture scavengar hunt. Return to Start point. First one there gets prize... Events Next Month Fun Project Sunday July 12th. Crawfish boil at John Pastors house 3pm
till. Slip n slide. ect. Sweet... Service Project Sunday July 26th. Ruthrford beach Cleanup Project.
Creolenaturetrail.org. Leaving at noon. Arriving at 2ish. Cleanup, picnic, beach stuff. Duce wants to camp out
the saturay before. New advantues await!!! John Pastor 337-349-8528 Jason Doucet Jonny
Miller Leah Abshire http://greenmonkeyslouisiana.blogspot.com | Currently listening:
Vampire Weekend
By Vampire Weekend
Release date: 2008-01-29 |
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Sorry about the confusion and the pushbacks in the time but i assure you it will
all be worth it. I am proud to announce the largest single tie in event in our branches history. WE ARE GROWING GUYS!!! Bayou Vermillion District Green Monkeys Trees Acadiana Childrens Museum Jefferson St Market Bayou Vermillion District and Trees Acadiana team up with eco-friendly Green Monkeys as well as Childrens Museum of
Acadiana to giveaway free native louisiana trees! These groups will be setting up tents on JUNE 13th in front of childrens
museum of acadiana from 10 am to 12 pm to give out tree samplings. The group will also join the monthly art walk and give
out trees from 5pm to 8pm in front of jefferson street market. Many species are up for grabs- a person can take as many as
6 per species. Come early, many are in high demand!! contact Danica Adams at 337-769-7283 for more information
on this effort BVD Administration office 340 fisher rd, lafayette louisiana 70508. 337-237-8683 www.greenmonkeysfoundation.org |
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July Events 1) Fun Event: Seafood
Boil - Sunday July 12 (3pm-8pm)
It was fun! Everyone had a good
time slipping and sliding in the water while the music was rocking thanks to john and his misfit musical team. John and Johnny
successfully produced enough food to feed an army. The night was finished off with everyone swimming at PepperTree Apartments.
Those who attended are: Phillipe T., John Pastor, Johnny Miller, Kent Labry, Jerry Cotrell, Pat Lablanc,
Leah Abshire, Anne Morello, Leah Pastor, Richie, Tressie Barret, Ally Barret, Skyler Barret, Maria ?, 2) Service Trip: Rutherford Beach Tree Planting - July 25th
-26th 2009
Who:
green monkeysWhat: travel and excavate an illusive Louisiana beach to plant trees in an effort
to preserve the wetlands and save the world!!When: July 26th Sunday. We rendezvous at the intersection
of hwy LA27 & LA 82… map included…
Where: South Cameron parish in the Mermentaw watershed.
Why?: To save the world, of coarse?
Johnny and an elite crew will be heading to Lake Charles a day early on the 25th. They will be renting a
hotel room and having an evening of good green monkey fun. The crew will also be taking a detour to the Creole Nature Trail
Museum <www.creolenaturetrail.org>. They will be departing and meeting up with the rest of our crew at 2:30pm to progress
into the Rutherford Beach wonderland.
Why is our coast line important to us? Why should we bother to do anything about it? There
is so much more to the regions south of Abbeville than the fact that flooding may be an issue. The face of our culture and
local families will change forever. The average price of everything you touch involving meat will change forever. Salt water intrusion will in fact be a part of our lives sooner
than we think. Everything in vermillion parish is cattle, or rice and crawfish due to the heavy amounts of flooding.
Now what happens when the salt water ravages all those areas? No GRASS. No grass means no cattle.
No cattle means a severe raise in the price of meat. The crippling of any civilization which is indigenous is the cut off
of resources which make them self sufficient. You can expect in a short time to pay twice the price for those steaks you love.
You have the choice… support the coastline
or give up steak (an exaggeration, of coarse) Cool
Websites to check out Epa.govLsuagcenter.comTreesacadiana.org Contact Harrold Schuffler to discuss what types of trees to plant on Rutherford beach.
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Green Monkeys of Louisiana take Abita Environmental Tour The green monkeys of louisiana took their august service trip to an amazing place.
Attending were, Johnny Miller of New Iberia, John Pastor of Lafayette, Kent Labrey of Abbeyville, Leah Abshire of Lafayette,
Philippe Treguier of Normandy France, Tony Smith of Lafayette. The trip was schedueled as a combination event as with and
educational and exploratory stay at tickfaw state park. Tickfaw
is an amazing green and lush getaway for anyone who likes nature and water. Cabins at tickfaw are extreemly comfortable and
inexpensive. Kitchens come stocked with pots and utinsils and towels in the bathrooms as well as sheets for the beds. Cable
television and even a working fireplace. There are two rooms, one is a master suite which is perfect for "mom and dad"
while the other is a perfect "kids"room with two sets of bunk beds. There is also a pull out couch. The cabins can
comfortably sleep 8. What suprised me was how clean and well kept they were. Fire pits outside and the guy that lives right
outside the entrance to the park that sells 26 pieces of wood for 10 dollars. (good luck understanding him though). Cabins
rent for 90 a night. The first trip was an amazing success.
We had called a month in advance to advise that we were going to be taking the tour and writing an article in hopes that we
might be able to educate the public about the truth of abita brewing and their striving for green friendliness. When we arrived
august 28th at 10am we ran in with an awesome group of other environmentalists and of coarse made a new group of friends!
Based out of Baton Rouge, Jason E. Jones was a extreemly friendly and welcoming person. He and his group represent the U.S.
Green Buliding Council Chapter. Emerging Green Builders-Br (USGBC - Louisiana Chapter). Thier group represents a baton rouge
group of young professionals that are interested in preserving nature through better building and architecture. Another interesting
fellow we met was Chris Schlechte. He works with fusion architecture out of baton rouge. We discussed all the possibilites
of joint trips and further colaboration opportunities. Jason
E Jones EGBBatonRouge@gmail.com 225*229*4854 Chris Schlechte
(aia,ncarb,apc) Chris@fusionarchitecture.com 225*235*6305 The beginning of the tour started with an educational video which was interesting and extreemly informative. Abita
is a Green Brewing Plant, and thats why we came. Green brewing means that Abita is committed to preserving the environment
through conservation of resources, energy efficiency and corporate social responsibility. The brewery is located in the beautiful
piney woods north of New Orleans. They draw the clean, pure water from the natural artesian well to make our great tasting
beer. Protecting and improving the environment is a responsibility to take very seriously. Conserving energy and water, reusing
by-products and waste, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, driving greener vehicles and using recycled materials are some of
the ways the Abita Brewing Company is working to keep our part of the world green and clean. The abita brewing company also makes great strides to help the community around them by donating to community service
projects and charitable organizations. They are pleased to donate products and merchandise to non-profit groups to aid in
their fundraising efforts whenever possible. They have a very easy form to fill out online that they would be happy for you
to know about (http://abita.com/donate/donation_requestform.php) Due to the heavy volume of inquiries, please allow up to
4 weeks for a response to your request. We learned much about
the difference between brewing and "green brewing." 1.
Abita was the first brewery in North America to install the energy efficient Merlin Brewhouse. The Merlin system reduces boiling
time and carbon dioxide emissions and actually improves the brewing process. This new technology uses 70% less energy than
traditional brewing methods. A vapor condenser also captures and reuses steam from the process. Its a really cool cone looking
heating device that is applied directly to the bottom instead of just boiling a pot. 2. The Abita Brewing Company also operates its own industrial wastewater treatment plant. They use wastewater to
generate its own energy. A Bio-Energy Recovery System (BERS) anerobically, (meaning treated in the absence of air), treats
the wastewater reducing its strength and volume, while creating a renewable "bio-gas" that we use to fuel the boilers.
3.The glass bottles used by Abita Beer are endlessly recyclable and use less glass than traditional long-neck beer
bottles. The Abita Brewing sales force drives gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles. Every 18-wheeler in the Abita delivery fleet
is equipped with an energy saving Auxillary Power Unit (APU) that takes over engine operation when a truck is parked. The
APUs decrease engine emissions and time spent idling. 4.Even
the spent grain and hops from the brewing process don’t go to waste. Local farmers use the end products of the brewing
process as feed for their cattle. Everyone at the Abita Brewing
Company is committed to preserving the environment. In fact, our most recent television commercial, "Recycle & Renew",
features only brewery employees, the real people who work hard to make Abita Beer. We think beer tastes better when the world
is clean. We’re proud to be a good neighbor…a good neighbor who makes great Abita Beer. Written By: John Pastor of Lafayette Louisiana. Cheezpastor@hotamil.com 337*349*8528
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Dates 8-26-09 through 8-28-09
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The State
of Georgia is one of the most diverse places in the Southeast. From mountains; woodlands, coastal plains, and swamps, to
rivers, creeks, and bogs Georgia has a unique diversity unto itself. Georgia also has some of the
fastest growing urban sprawl of anywhere. Atlanta is Southeast largest and fast developing city.
All the more reason to monitor the impact of this growth and its effect on the precious environment.
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Check out Blue Ridge Mountains Outdoors @ www.blueridgeoutdoors.com
Autrey Mill Nature and Heratige Center.... at the beginning of it all...
Roswell Georgia is home to the Green Monkeys Foundation first chapter. the Autrey Mill Nature and Heritage
Center is one of the places where the Green Monkeys first started. Check them out at www.autreymill.org - (roswell) Green MOnkeys foundation is now
in it's 9th year and has plans for clean up events all over the metro Atlanta area.....check out the Calendar Roswell -events for proprogation and restablishment of reparian buffer programs hold the most importance. Replantings
of disturbed areas and clean up at local creeks and rivers are just some of the great events green monkeys has for
members. Go rock climbing and pick up trash or canoe and kayak out to collect trash. Be creative try new Parks
/rec. areas, hiking trails, road sides and frisbee golf courses. Projects- --find local recycling plants and help cordinate golf courses and management personel to help
establish a plastic and aluminum recycling center for all its patrons who use and discard many bottles and cans espically
in the summer.- --get construction sites to donate used 5 gallon paint
buckets instead of throwing them away--try orginizing paint companies
to donate used 5 gallon buckets to create your own green monkeys trash/recycling collection container. (find
out more about building your own green monkeys collection container in the new ZINE- sign up for our membership...) Identify problems areas in your community and document them by sending picture and info on the
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Autrey mill groundskeeper and museum coordinator. Reestablishment
of native ecosystems. Lead iniative with donated materials to rebuild pavillion area.
Earth day projects with boyscouts, trail development and maintenance.
Ran environmental
education probgrams in conjuction with local middle school. Worked fundraising events
which included games, music, performance and oter activities. Roswell Georgia.
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Developed
recycling program. Set up plastic, glass and aluminum recycling bins throughout grounds Duluth, Ga 05
The alliance for better education Non profit Ran operationf for rafting
and kayaks, rentals. Guided trips on Chattahoochee River. Ran
Shoot the hooch cafe and concessions. Worked on restoring historic paddle boat "spirit
of Roswell" Roswell Ga 06
Contagious Collaboration Music and Art Festival Set up green monkehys foundation enviromental booth Advocated environmental
awareness through education, clean ups and community dialogue Ran medical/first aid
tent Charleston, SC 07 Green Monkeys foundation Road Cleanups C3 Church, Park, walking trail,
Stream Buffer Area, Trail maintenance Lawrenceville,
Ga 08
Collection pond rebuild/
helped monitor pond and stream impact case Rebuilding Together Atlanta.org Worked
with volunteers to assist elderly with house and yard work Transplanted tTrees Atlanta
Ga 08
Volunteered Music Festival for Neighboorhood. Partnered
up with neighborhood convience store to form a community center to help all those in need. Teamed up with Bayou vermillion district and perform monthly service projects to clean the environment
and better the world. Lafayette La
Kayak CleanUp ROSWELL,Ga 09
Link To: GREEN NEWS
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